Irish culture will soon be celebrated across the globe with parades, pub crawls and
seas of green. But newly uncovered documents prove unlike previous belief, St. Patrick’s
Day celebrations did not start in Boston, rather at least 100 years earlier in St.
Augustine, Florida.

The Tampa Bay Lighting’s ThunderBug joined the University of South Florida mascot
Rocky D. Bull Thursday, March 8, for the third annual USF Presenting Night. Hundreds
of students and faculty attended the USF pre-game party and game, cheering on the
Tampa Bay Lighting as they faced off against the New York Rangers during their 25th
anniversary season.